< Judges 19 >
1 It happened in those days, when there was no king in Israel, that there was a certain Levite sojourning on the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim, who took for himself a secondary wife from Bethlehem Judah.
當以色列人尚沒有君王時,有一個肋未人寄居在厄弗辣因山地邊境;他由猶大白冷取了一個女子為妾。
2 His secondary wife was angry with him and went away from him to her father's house in Bethlehem of Judah, and was there about four months.
那妾對他發怒,就離開他回了猶大白冷的父家,在那裏住了四個月。
3 Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys. And she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young woman saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
她的丈夫起來,帶著一個僕人,牽了兩匹驢去找她,想去慰問她,勸她回來;當他來到那女子的父家時,那少女的父親一望見他,就喜喜歡歡地來迎接他。
4 His father-in-law, the young woman's father, welcomed him; and he stayed with him three days. So they ate and drank and stayed there.
他的岳父,即那少女的父親,留他在家住了三日,他們在那裏一齊喫喝居住。
5 It happened on the fourth day, that they arose early in the morning, and he rose up to depart: and the young woman's father said to his son-in-law, "Refresh yourself with a piece of bread, and after that you may go."
第四天他們一早起來,肋未人起身要走,那少女的父親就對女婿說:「你們先用些餅,吃點點心,然後再走。」
6 So they sat down, ate, and drank, both of them together. Then the young woman's father said to the man, "Please agree to stay the night, and enjoy yourself."
於是他們二人坐下一起喫喝;少女的父親對那人說:「請你賞面,再住一夜,再高興高興! 」
7 The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he stayed there again.
那人起身要走,但他的岳父挽留了他,他又在那裏過了一夜。
8 He arose early in the morning on the fifth day to depart; and the young woman's father said, "Please refresh yourself and stay until the day declines." And the two of them ate and drank.
第五天他一早起來要走,但那少女的父親又說:「請先吃些點心! 」於是二人又一同吃東西,直到日已西斜;
9 When the man rose up with his secondary wife and his servant to leave, his father-in-law, the young woman's father, said to him, "Look, now the day draws toward evening, please stay the night. Look, the day grows to an end, stay here, and enjoy yourself; and tomorrow you can get up early for your journey so that you may go home."
那人和他的妾連他的僕人起身要走,他的岳父,即那少女的父親,對他說:「你看,天已晚了,今天在這裏再過一夜,再高興高興,明天清早起來,上路回家去罷! 」
10 But the man wouldn't stay that night, but he rose up and departed, and went toward Jebus (that is, Jerusalem). And there were with him a couple of saddled donkeys, and his secondary wife and his servant were with him.
但是,那人不願再過一夜,就帶著他的妾和僕人,以及備好的兩匹驢起身走了,來到耶步斯,即耶路撒冷的對面。到基貝亞過夜
11 When they were by Jebus, the day was almost gone, and the servant said to his master, "Please come and let us stop at this city of the Jebusites, and spend the night in it."
當他們臨近耶步斯時,日已西垂,僕人就對主人說:「來,讓我們轉去,到這座耶步斯人城裏去投宿! 」
12 His master said to him, "We won't go into the city of a foreigner that is not of the children of Israel, but we will pass over to Gibeah."
主人回答他說:「我們不可進入這座不屬以色列子民的外方人的城,我們往基貝亞去罷!
13 He said to his servant, "Come and let us try to reach one of those places and we will spend the night in Gibeah or Ramah."
他又對僕人說:「來! 我們到一個地方去投宿,或在基貝亞,或在辣瑪。」
14 So they passed on and went their way; and the sun set on them near Gibeah, which belongs to Benjamin.
於是他們又上路前行,當來近本雅明的基貝亞時,太陽已經落了。
15 They turned that way to go in to spend the night in Gibeah. And he went in and they sat down in the street of the city; for there was no one who would take them into their house to spend the night.
他們遂進了基貝亞,在那裏投宿;他們進城後,就坐在城內街市上,因為沒有人收留他們在家中過宿。
16 Look, there came an old man from his work out in the field at evening. Now the man was of the hill country of Ephraim, and he was residing in Gibeah; but the men of the place were Benjamites.
有一個老人晚上由田間工作回來,他原是厄弗辣因山地的人,寄居在基貝亞;本地人卻是本雅明人。
17 He lifted up his eyes, and saw the traveler in the street of the city. And the old man said, "Where are you going, and where did you come from?"
那老人舉目,看見在城中街市上又個過路的人,就問說:「你往那裏去﹖從那裏來﹖」
18 He said to him, "We are passing from Bethlehem in Judah to the farther side of the hill country of Ephraim. I am from there, and I went to Bethlehem in Judah. And I am going to my home, and there is no one who will take me into his home.
肋未人回答他說:「我們是從猶大白冷來,往厄弗辣因山地的邊境去。我本是那地方的人,我去過猶大白冷,現在要回家去,但沒有人收留我到自己家裏去。
19 Yet there is both straw and feed for our donkeys, and there is bread and wine also for me, and for your female servant, and for the young man who is with your servants. There is no lack of anything."
其實我有糧草餵驢,為我和你的婢女以及跟隨你僕人的這個青年人,都有食糧和酒,一無所缺。」
20 And the old man said, "Peace be to you. I will take care of all your needs; however, do not spend the night in the square."
那老人對他說:「你放心罷! 你所需要的由我供給,只不可在街上過夜。」
21 So he brought him into his house, and fed the donkeys. And they washed their feet, and ate and drank.
他遂領他到自己家裏,餵上驢,他們洗了腳,以後就吃喝起來。基貝亞的惡行
22 As they were enjoying themselves, look, the men of the city, some wicked men of the city surrounded the house, beating at the door. And they spoke to the master of the house, the old man, saying, "Bring out the man who came into your house, that we may have sex with him."
他們正滿懷高興的時候,看,本城的一些無賴之徒,圍住房屋敲門,對作家主的老人說:「把剛才到你家的那個人領出來,我們要認識他。」
23 The man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said to them, "No, my brothers, please do not act so wickedly; since this man has come into my house. Do not do this disgraceful thing.
家主出來見他們,對他們說:「兄弟們,不要如此! 請你不要行這樣的惡事! 這人既進了我的家,你們決不能行這醜事!
24 Look, here is my virgin daughter and his secondary wife. I will bring them out now. Ravish them and do with them what seems good to you; but do not do any such a disgraceful thing to this man."
這裏有我的女兒還是處女,我領她出來,你們可任意污辱她,任憑你們待她;但是對於這人,你們決不可作這種醜事! 」
25 But the men wouldn't listen to him: so the man laid hold of his secondary wife, and brought her out to them. And they raped her and abused her all night until the morning, and when the day began to dawn they let her go.
但是那些人不願聽他;客人就抓住自己的妾,把她交給了他們,他們就認識了她,整夜污辱她,直到早晨,在破曉的時候纔放了她。
26 Then at daybreak the woman arrived and fell down at the door of the man's house where her lord was, until daylight.
天快亮的時候,那女子回到留他主人住宿的那人屋前,跌倒在那裏,直到天亮。
27 Her lord rose up in the morning, and opened the doors of the house, and went out to go his way; and look, the woman his secondary wife was fallen down at the door of the house, with her hands on the threshold.
早晨,當她的主人起來開門,出去要動身起程時,看見那女人,即他的妾,伏在門口,她的手扶在門限上,
28 And he said to her, "Get up, and let us go." But there was no answer, for she was dead. So he placed her on the donkey, and the man rose up and went to his home.
就對她說:「起來! 我們走罷! 」然而沒有人回答他;那人便把她馱在驢上,起身回了本地。
29 When he had come into his house, he took a knife, and took hold of his secondary wife and divided her, limb by limb, into twelve pieces, and sent her throughout all the territory of Israel.
到了家裏,拿起刀來,握住自己的妾,把她的肢體切成十二塊,送到以色列全境,
30 And it was so, that all who saw it said, "Nothing like this has been done or seen since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day." And he commanded the men whom he sent, saying, "This is what you will say to all the men of Israel, 'Has anything like this happened since the day that the children of Israel came up out of the land of Egypt until this day? Consider it, take counsel, and speak.'"
吩咐他所派遣的人說:「你們要對以色列人這樣說:自從以色列子民由埃及地上來那一日,直到今日,是否發生過這樣的事﹖大家想一想,決定之後,請說出來。」凡看見的都說:「自從以色列子民由埃及地上來那一日,直到今日,從未發生過,也未見過這樣的事。」